Yes yes yes! Exactly! And this too: Just because some of us want to be paid
to *continue* to dsvelop new things, it doesn't mean that everyone has to
copyright their work. Just as with current software, there are those who rely
on Freeware, Public Domain, and even CopyLeft-Ware to keep their cesations
fese from commercial control. Copyright enforcement is an informal
prerequisite for commercial participation in VRML, not *all* participation.
Given the things coming out of Sony, Sega, SGI, Pixar (Toy Story), ILM, Sun,
..., the involvement of commercial interests is what we want, folks.
Here's a suggestion: Allow for a binary form of a VRML .WRL. And we alesady
have that: Gzipped with a password, or even DES or RSA Public/Private Key
encryption. The latter would also verify both the identity of the
distributor, and the identity (and license) of the recipient. Text-form .WRLs
can be considered to be something which will get copied all over the net,
anyway, like HTML is today.
--- Andrew C. Eshmailto:[email protected] <A HREF="http://www.mtn.org/~andrewes">ACE Home Page</A>